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Jill got the job at Jabot in May, so that is when Brett Halsey was hired also I believe. He had had two previous soap roles as Clay on SFT and Adam on GH but had done movies in the 60's and lived in Europe for many years and acted there. He wrote a couple of fiction books based on his experiences. One was about soaps and had me guessing as to what real life people he based the characters on. i think Bill just had trouble fitting in all these stories and couldn't get the Jabot story of the ground. Obviously he was not inspired by Bond as Jill. Although we never know the real reason actors are dropped. Maybe Bond had trouble with the pace of daytime or took John Conboy's parking spot?

Was amused by Connie Ford coming off all Helen Hayes of soaps with her 'Most of us are used to working in the the-ar-ter...' At that point when was the last time La Ford had been on stage?

Imani reappears to flirt with Nate - again, and Elena grimaces. They needn't have bothered taping that scene as it's been played several times. Just insert it from a previous ep. As for high drama, Phyllis is being sued by an unhappy client over the Escrap Club. Several minutes were spent on that nonsense. Business intrigue in the corridor at Newman Media. Amanda and Imani are going great guns at their new law firm! You know, the one we have never seen .

We saw scenes of Bond Gideon with Sean Garrett (?) as John posted here. The confusion lies with Garrett as he was never announced as playing John, it was always Halsey. The thinking was he was a temp for Halsey. We need now to solve when the role of John started and who played him.

That is so cool that we were able to match episodes.

Love of Life Sheila Webb ??? Alan's secretary 65/66

Ep 1869 Airdate Tues July 22 1980 Cast Greg Stuart Snapper Carl Casey Mary Nikki Paul John Jack Jill Matthew Sumiko Steve Peggy Sets/Scenes to be taped on each set Campus Park Steve Peggy Sumiko's Room Sumiko Matthew Sumiko Paul Hospital Room Mary Carl Casey Hospital Waiting Area Greg Stu Snapper Greg Snapper Nikki Greg Snapper Greg Snapper Jill Nurse John Abbott Office/Hospital Phone John Jack Jack Jill Jack Jill Snapper New World Commune Porch Paul Matthew Nikki Paul Nikki Matthew Sumiko Paul Nikki Paul Nikki Matthew Matthew Nikki Looking at synopses- Mary was in hospital after her miscarriage Liz had been shot,by a hitman ordered to kill Greg- hence all the characters also at the hospital Peggy and Steve were investigating the cult Looks like Jill got word at Jabot from Snapper about Liz

Nat Polen The Guiding Light early 1950's.

One Life to Live Julie Duncan ??? Old friend of Samantha Vernon, joins the Health Club and shows an interest in Marcello 1981 Father Campion also appeared in 1981

Another Life went with illustrations for its debut. I don't know the show well enough to know how close the drawings were to the characters.

The couple on the stairs is Jim and Mary Matthews.

Don't worry- he'll be forgiven, everybody will be best pals again and Devon won't give the kid another thought...

Wk 4 Pretty much regular programming and trends emerging. CBS domination of Thursday shows first signs of crumbling as NBC led by Cosby begins to win 8-10 timeslots beating Magnum and Simon Simon in the following weeks. CBS Sunday 9-11 Alice/Jeffersons/Trapper John don't hold Murder She Wrote leadin and are weaker up against movies. NBC leading Tuesdays lead by A Team. ABC weakening on Sat as Love Boat declines. 1. Dynasty ABC 26.1/40 Dallas CBS 24.8/40 24. A Team NBC 24.3/38 Hotel ABC 22.5/38 Cagney & Lacey CBS 21.6/34 60 Minutes CBS 21.4/35 Cosby Show NBC 21.3/34 Simon & Simon CBS 21.2/32 Newhart CBS 21.0/31 Riptide NBC 20.8433 Magnum, PI. CBS 26.3/32 Kate & Allie CRS 20.029 Knot's Landing CBS 19.7/33 Falcon Crest CBS 19.4/33 Family Ties NBC 19.3/29 Fall Guy ABC 19.2431 Cheers NBC 18.6/28 His Mistress NBC 18.3/31 Remington Steele NBC 17.6/30 Jefferson CBS 17.3/26 Scarecrow C Mrs. King 0138 17.0/26 'IV Bloopers and Prac. Jokes NBC 16.9/26 Hill St Blues NBC 16.7/28 V The Final Battle Pt 2 16.7/26 Green Bay vs. Denver ABC 16.5/28 Love Boat ABC 16.2/28 Night Court NBC 16.2/25 Highway to Heaven NBC 16.1/26 Webster ABC 16.0/27 Trapper John, M.D. CBS 16.0/26 Cover Up CBS 15.8/29 New Orleans vs. Dallas ABC 15.3/31 Facts of Life NBC 15.0/23 Benson ABC 14.7/26 NFL (Sunday,7 -7:30) NBC 14.3/26 Gimme a Break NBC 14.1 /25 Finder of Lost Loves ABC 14.1/25 Sentimental Journey CBS 14.0/23 Three's a Crowd ABC 14.0/22 20/20 ABC 13.8/23 Paper Dolls ABC 13.6/21 World's Greatest Mysteries ABC 13.6/21 Miami Vice NBC 13.5/23 V The Final Battle NBC 13.4/23 Foul Ups, Bleeps and Blunders 13.4/22 Diffrent Strokes NBC 13.3/24 Mike Hammer `CBS 13.3/23 It'sYour Move NBC 13.3/21 Grease ABC 12.9/20 T.J. Hooker ABC 12.8/23 St. Elsewhere NBC 12.7/21 Dukes of Hazzard CBS 12.6/22 Jessie ABC 12.2/21 Nairobi Affair CBS 12.2/20 Matt Houston ABC 11.9/20 Charles in Charge CBS 11.8/19 Partners in Crime NBC 11.8/20 Airwolf CBS 11.3/20 Hawaiin Heat ABC 11.1/18 Punky Brewster NBC 9.9/16 61. Ripley's Believe It or Not ABC 9.4/16 Dreams CBS 9.4/15 1 63. AfterMASH 0138 9.3/1 64. E/R CBS 8.9/14 Hot Pursuit NBC 8.8/16

Whatever happened to ashland? He seems to have become a supporting character when he should be instigating stuff. Devon needs to guzzle a giant can of STFU. He agreed to be a sperm donor. Abby and Chance are giving him access to Dom and he's acting all put out that he can't have a bigger role in the kid's life. Too bad. Traci was drafted in to replace Jack in her scenes.

Wk 3 World Series baseball on NBC pre-empted Tues,Wed and Fri and early Sun night programming. Presidential debates were on Thurs from 9. The Burning Bed starred Farrah Fawcett and was NBC's Monday movie. The Burning Bed NBC 38.2/52 World Series- Sunday NBC 29.7/49 World Series -Tuesday NBC 27.7/44 World Series- Wednesday NBC 28.0/40 Dynasty ABC 25.1/38 World Series post -Sunday NBC 24.8/40 Dallas CBS 24.0/37 World Series -Friday NBC 21.5/35 Bill Cosby Show NBC 20.8/33 Magnum, P.I. CBS 20.3/32 Single Bars & Single Women ABC 20.0/31 Murder, She Wrote CBS 19.4/29 Knight Rider NBC 19.3/28 Hotel ABC 19.2/30 Family Ties NBC 19.1/30 Fall Guy ABC 18.8/29 Falcon Crest CBS 18.5/30 World Series pre -Tuesday NBC 18.2/31 Jefferson CBS 17.9/28 TV Bloopers & Practical JokesNBC 17.8/27 Alice CBS 17.0/28 Scarecrow & Mrs. King CBS 18.9/25 V: The Final Battle NBC 18.8/28 Scorned and Swindled CBS 18.7/28 Trapper John, M.D. CBS 16.8/28 Love Boat ABC 16.3128 Benson ABC 16.2/28 World Serles pre -Wed NBC 15.5/27 Country Music Awards CBS 15.5/23 Three's A Crowd ABC 15.4/23 Webster ABC 16.2/25 Dlffrent Strokes NBC 14.9/27 Gimme A Break NBC 14.6/26 49ers vo. Giants ABC 14.8/23 60 Minutes CBS 14.5/23 Matt Houston ABC 14.4/23 FoulUps, Bleeps, Bleeps & Blunders ABC 14.3/23 Kate & Allie CBS 14.2/20 Hardcastle & McCormick ABC 14.1/21 VP debate analysis CBS 14.0/23 Call to Glory ABC 14.0/21 World Series pre -Friday NBC 13.7/25 Charles in Charge CBS 13.2/21 Partners in Crime NBC 13.0/23 Finder of Lost bares ABC 122/24 Mike Hammer CBS 12.9/23 AfterMASH CBS 12.8/20 E/R CBS 12.8/19 Paper Dolls ABC 12.7/19 T.J. Hooker ABC 12.5/23 Dukes of Hazzard CBS 12.4/21 VP debate analysis ABC 12.4/21 Cover -Up CBS 12.1/22 Airwolf CBS 11.922 VP debate analysis NBC 11.9/20 Hawaiian Heat ABC 11.8/18 Dreams CBS 112/17 Attack on Fear CBS 10.9/18 Jessie ABC 10.6/17 Ripley/'s Believe It Or Not ABC 9.5/15 NFL ibotball CBS 9.2/18 20/20 ABC 8.8/14

Steve Carlson tried out for Brock on Y&R before being cast as Mark Henderson.

Paul has been mentioned so there is a slim possibility he may return, if either side has a change of heart. Doug accepted recurring but then there were a few months where he wasn't used at all and he mentioned on Twitter that he had no upcoming appearances and things took off from there. I guess he expected (maybe was told?) that he would get a certain number of episodes per month.

Maggie was married to Link Porter. When Maggie died, Link married Tammy Forrest. (Tammy was an alcoholic who was going deaf!!) Then Kay turned up and tried to steal Link. Kay may have been blonde when she arrived in town, but at some point was brunette (a pic I've seen) Perhaps she ditched the blonde to more resemble her sister and attract Link. Link died in 66. Guess Sandy was Link and Maggie'.s child. I wonder if Kay was an afterthought who was brought on to disrupt Link/Tammy or always intended to come on? How much time elapse b/w Maggie's death and Kay's arrival?

Frank Dane Stepmother Johnny Prentiss Sidney Ellstrom Guiding Light Phillip Gordon 1938 Joy Hodges Young Dr Malone Day in Court Love of Life

ABC aired 2 eps of The Colbys in Wk 1 of the 86-87 season. The first Wed @ 10 following Dynasty Dynasty #15 20.1/31 The Colbys #28 16.6/26 The next day The Colbys went head to head with Knots Landing Knots #38 14.8/23 Colbys #56 10.2/16 So Knots was the winner but it's numbers were down from it's 10 o'clock rating. And the new CBS 10 o'clock show came third in it's slot. Luckily Knots survived, but I get the feeling ABC had already given up on The Colbys.

That's cool May I ask what timeslot B&B aired there.? Is it still on?

Thanks for clearing that up. I recall reading that somewhere. Obviously it was not Greece, Did Ronn or Joanna (or anyone else)ever visit Greece on the strength of their popularity?

Seriously, we have Chelsea who tried to poison Rey, now buddying up to him and walking free?? Josh seems to come up with plots and doesn't have to worry about follow through because he'll pretend it never happened. Of the top of my head, some plots that would take characters in a new direction. Imani makes serious moves on Nate, who can't help but be attracted. Build up some tension. Have Elena reconnect with Devon so we can move toward Devon/Nate/Amanda/Elena/Imani. Lots of twists and turns. Jack returns from NY and tells Phyllis he doesn't want to re-unite. Daniel and Lucy return and Phyllis can be focused on them a while. Lily tires of Billy's antics and turns to Daniel her ex. Lucy becomes part of a triangle with Faith and Moses. Nick hooks up with Sally which annoys Adam and Phyllis. Sharon and Rey team up to investiagate her father and something comes to light that triggers that search. Chelsea decides she wants to be a part of Johhnys life which causes problems for the Newmans as Billy agrees to it. After talking to Mariah, Devon realizes he has to pull back from Dom. He wants to experience fatherhood but Amanda is reluctant and confides to Imani she doesn't want children. Does any of that sound better than what's coming up?

Re GL Morgan and Kelly were the couple at one time but the change in writers, actors meant they got lost in the shuffle. At least when Kelly left he could have intimated he had heard from Morgan and they were going to give it a second shot.

I recall that B&B was Top Models' in France and didn't they name it 'Caroline' in Greece or was that just a nickname due to the popularity of that character? Otherwise it would have to be renamed 'Caroline's Friends and Family' or some such when the character died.